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Philip Wylie
Born May 12, 1902 · Beverly, Massachusetts, USA
Died October 25, 1971 · aged 69
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Philip Gordon Wylie (May 12, 1902 – October 25, 1971) was an American author of works ranging from pulp science fiction, mysteries, social diatribes and satire, to ecology and the threat of nuclear holocaust. Born in Beverly, Massachusetts, Wylie was the son of Presbyterian minister Edmund Melville Wylie and the former Edna Edwards, a novelist, who died when…
Known For
When Worlds Collide · 1951When Worlds Collide
★ 6.41951
MovieScience FictionDrama
When a group of astronomers calculate a star is on a course to slam into Earth, a few days before, it's accompanying planet will first pass close enough to the Earth to cause havoc on land and sea. They set about building a rocket so a few selected individuals can escape to the planet.
Island of Lost Souls · 1932Island of Lost Souls
★ 6.91932
MovieScience FictionHorror
An obsessed scientist conducts profane experiments in evolution, eventually establishing himself as the self-styled demigod to a race of mutated, half-human abominations.
Night Unto Night · 1949Night Unto Night
★ 5.41949
MovieRomanceDrama
A bleak mansion sits ominously on a cliff above the sea somewhere on Florida's east coast. In its shadows, two people meet: a scientist haunted by incurable illness and a beautiful woman haunted by the voice of her dead husband.
Murders in the Zoo · 1933Murders in the Zoo
★ 5.91933
MovieCrimeHorror
Dr. Gorman is a millionaire adventurer, traveling the world in search of dangerous game. His bored, beautiful, much younger wife entertains herself in the arms of other men. In turn, Gorman uses his animals to kill these men. When a New York City zoo suggests a fundraising gala, Gorman sees a prime opportunity to dispatch the dashing Roger and anyone else who might cross him.
Springtime in the Rockies · 1942Springtime in the Rockies
★ 6.91942
MovieRomanceComedy
Broadway partners Vicky Lane and Dan Christy have a tiff over Christy's womanizing. Jealous Vicky takes up with her old flame and former dance partner, Victor Price, and Dan's career takes a nosedive. In hopes of rekindling their romance and getting Vicky back on the boards with him, Dan follows her to a ritzy resort in the Canadian Rockies, where she and Victor are about to open their new act. But things get complicated when Dan wakes after a bender to find that he's hired an outlandish Latin secretary, Rosita Murphy, which makes Vicky think he's just up to his old tricks again.
Johnny Tiger · 1966Johnny Tiger
★ 7.01966
MovieDramaWestern
Teacher George Dean packs up his children to accept a job instructing Native American children on a Seminole reservation in Florida.
King of the Jungle · 1933King of the Jungle
★ 5.81933
MovieAdventureAction
A white youth raised in the jungle by animals is captured by a safari and brought back to civilization as an attraction in a circus.
Second Honeymoon · 1937Second Honeymoon
★ 6.41937
MovieComedyRomance
Raoul McLish stops over in Miami Beach where he runs into his ex-wife, Vicky Benton, and her new husband Bob, a belt manufacturer. At first Bob enjoys Raoul's presence - in part because Vicky is his not Raoul's and in part because Raoul is a lot of fun. The fun wears thin for Bob as his seriousness and possessiveness take over. When Bob leaves for a few days to settle a labor dispute at his factory, Vicky and Raoul spend time together, Winchell's column implies untoward behavior, Bob barks at Vicky, and that gets her back up. Can things be sorted out? Help comes from Raoul's upright valet, McTavish, and a principled cigarette girl, Joy, whom Raoul picks up.
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